24
Feb
In the multitude of my anxieties, my thoughts run wild. At worst, I feed my emotions until a peanut cluster is no match for my panic. At best, I sit my soul before the source of true comfort.
“In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul.” – (Psalms 94:19 NKJV)
This verse sends an echo of my stress to God’s heart. The thing I want the most is what He wants me to release the most.
Because what delights me one day may change the next. But when I take comfort in God, it changes me.
Frustrations diminish when I know He is in control.
Future plans become yielded dreams as I trust His plan for my life.
My failures don’t define me when I know His love never fails.
And yet, at some point something or someone else fails and our happiness is disrupted. In that moment, whether we battle anxiety or not, we face a new level of trusting God. Hence, this quote got my attention.
“Happiness is untested delight. Joy is delight tested.” – Jack Hyles
If we consider what tests our faith, delight is probably not part of the description. Going through a test takes more than my peanut clusters or any other indulgence, it takes resolve. Our patience may strain as our preferences disappear. But our hopes can take new shape in the faithfulness of God.
“The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives.” (Psalms 37:23 NLT)
In life’s tough or tender moments, as we seek to please God, He orders our steps. Every detail is His delight. If we face a multitude of what’s unfair, what’s unknown or what’s too much, faith introduces our anxious thoughts to our awesome God. He will comfort us. As we move from what was to what will be, we never move alone. (see Isaiah 43:2 and Hebrews 13:5).
Nothing is too hard for Him. (Jeremiah 32:17)
His promises are tried and true. (Psalm 145:13)
As we cast our cares on the Lord, we experience His care for us. What comfort and peace that brings to the heart. What joy it brings to the soul.
FELICIA BRYANT-SOSA
This is an excellent verse Psalms 94:19, for a Wednesday, “Hump Day,” and all days! In the midst of my anxiety, knowing that God is my comforter, helps me make it through the week…
Joy
Hi Felicia! A big “Amen” on the need for Hump Day encouragement! Psalm 94:19 helps us both.
Lucille
Man lies so much. Often what man deems as failure is not so in God’s eyes. Jeremiah preached to the nation Israel, to the kingly tribe of Judah, for 40 years. They didn’t listen and went into Babylonian captivity. The forerunner John the Baptist spoke truth to power and he was killed for it. We all know the story of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. I identify with these prophets and with the O.T. Joseph. But the story does not end there. There is one more week of years of captivity for Israel and the world. We see that week in Revelation 17 – “And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication…” But I do not identify with the harlot, whore, or prostitute who will ride the beast, for I am not a king, nor am I an adulteress. I am a virtuous daughter of the King. He will make me a success. And those men that tell lies about me God will deal with in his time.
Joy
Hi Lucille, may you experience God’s strength, comfort and victory in every area of your life. Peace and blessings to you!